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REPRODUCTTVr . kw: \ v^ 



Thf pet' fiincer are r/< 



to attract itiAn 7"^ r egsential orgunt 

 arc the poUcn-bcanng ttama ' the 



ptMtU incUmnff the ovule at t.a. n„ter 

 of the flower, Thit picture ihofWM the 

 large number of Hamens of the poppy, 

 each xcith a terminal anther, bearing 

 jtollen, growmg in n about the 



piitil xcith itM curiounlti rounda: 

 called a ttigma, dengned to receive the 

 poUen. The office of the imect it to 

 transfer pollen from the stamens of one 

 flower to the pistil of another. 



